Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 38 | Franklin Efficiency is Shown in Test

FIILII EFHCIEHCY IS SHiDWN IN TEST Car Runs 100 Miles in Low Gear With 131-2 Milei Hour Average. Icy roads proved no handicap to the first 100-mile low-gear run ever attempted at-tempted in Iowa, when, on February 16. a Franklin touring car left Dos iloine's on a trip to test the cooling ability of the air-cooled engine. In spite of tho slipping and skidding, the car'averaged thirteen and one-half miles per hour, and just for good measure, ran 18"V2 miles on low gear without stopping tho engine. Better than thirteen miles per hour on low gear for ten hours without a stop, is a real test of an engine's cooling ability. It is the equivalent of forty-two mill's per hour on high gear for ten consecutive hours. A careful examination at the conclusion of the trip shewed not the slightest sign of overheating or any other trouble.. This run recalls'to mind the low-gear tests made bv the Franklin September 23, lfll l. At that time UtT cars participated, par-ticipated, each going 100 miles in low without stopping the engine. These cars ' were in the hands of Franklin dealers all over the country ami were under the observation of automobile club and representatives. J. W. McCormmach, of Pendleton, Ore. tonlt part iu this run aiul afterward after-ward decided to put the Franklin to an even more severe test. So he removed re-moved the .high anil intermediate gears and sealel the transmission. Then, on August 1, 191"), he start oil with two companions for Sau Francisco from Walla Walla. Wash. The route led through Pendleton, Ore., across the 150 miles of the Harney desert. thtXh the Siskiyou mountains ami liurneviss and down the Sai'i iiiuento vaile'v; .se miles on low gear without stopping the engim1. It took eighty-three hours nud forty minutes to make tho nui stou riuu